Win Win Page #3

Synopsis: Disheartened attorney Mike Flaherty (Giamatti), who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach, stumbles across a star athlete through some questionable business dealings while trying to support his family. Just as it looks like he will get a double payday, the boy's mother shows up fresh from rehab and flat broke, threatening to derail everything.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Director(s): Tom McCarthy
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
  5 wins & 22 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
R
Year:
2011
106 min
$10,100,000
Website
253 Views


Yeah, maybe.

If I wanna smoke, should I go outside?

You shouldn't be smoking.

I know. But if I do.

Then you should go outside.

All right. Good night, Jackie.

Good night, Kyle.

What are you doing?

We have kids, Mike. I'm not taking

any chances with Eminem down there.

There's not even a bathroom down there.

Can you get these people to get me some

Cocoa Puffs? I really like them.

You got it.

That Mike is a standup guy.

You need cereal, go see him.

Okay. We should go, Kyle.

Okay. Bye, Leo.

You going to work?

No, I'm going home.

Don't take any sh*t

from any of those guys.

I won't.

Here's 50 bucks, in case you need it.

I have money.

Actually, it's only 43, but take it.

You never know.

I have enough money, but thanks.

Okay.

Well, good luck, Kyle.

You too, Mike.

Hello.

Yes, it is.

W ho is it?

What?

Take care, fellas.

POLICEMAN:
Yeah, all right, Mike.

So, what happened?

I decided not to go home.

Then you decided you'd break

into your grandfather's house?

You mind if I have a quick smoke?

Yes, I do. Get in the car.

You wanna talk about t?

Not really.

Well, good uck with that, pal.

Oh, you'll see.

Kyle, we can't help you

unless you tell us what's going on.

Is there a reason

you don't wanna go home?

What happened to your eye?

Kyle, you can trust us.

Really.

I can't live there anymore.

With your mom?

Did she do that to your eye?

No. She's not even there.

She's at a clinic or hospitaI or something.

I'm iving with Craig.

Who's Craig?

Her boyfriend, I guess.

But he's an a**hole.

Does she even know you're here?

My mom? She doesn't care about me.

How do you know? She's probably worried

sick and doesn't know how to reach you.

She could've called, right?

We don't have a choice.

Ah. What are we gonna do, adopt him?

No.

But I'm not sending him back there untiI

I talk to his mom. She better call me back.

Honey...

Honey, I know that this is tough...

...but we're not in a position

to take care of another kid right now.

I don't care. I'm not sending him

back there. I can't.

For the record, I'm not happy about it.

Fine. Then we don't have to do this.

Yes, we do, Mike. We do.

It makes me so angry and so damn sad

to see him in this situation. He's just a kid.

Yeah, I know. know.

I wanna go to Ohio

and beat the crap out of his mom.

Okay, come on.

No, I do.

I wanna beat the crap out of her...

...and her stupid boyfriend.

Okay.

I'm serious.

I know you are.

I just don't think that beating the crap out

of everybody is the best solution. That's all.

It feels ike it.

MIKE:

It's just one thing after another.

So get rid of him again.

I can't. We gotta flgure out

what's going on back there.

You talked to his mother?

Not yet. Jackie's left her like 30 messages.

She's driving me crazy.

Motherf***er. He is wearing his tool belt.

What? Who?

No, nothing, dude. Sorry. I'm distracted.

Where are you?

Are you watching Lori's house again?

It's my f***ing house. And, no.

I'm driving. Where's the kid now?

In my waiting room.

Jackie made me take him with me.

Listen to me, Mike. You listening?

Mm-hm.

This isn't the time

to long that stock. Know what I mean?

No. What does that mean?

You need to do what's best for you now.

That's not taking care of another kid,

especially a convict.

Yeah. We, tell that to my wife, okay?

I found her.

Let me call you back.

Get rid of the convlct, Mike.

She's in a drug treatment program

in Co umbus. Got five weeks to go.

Jesus Christ. Can I talk to her?

No, they said she would call you.

Kind of a sweet kid,

but what's up with the hair?

W Who thhe hell hknows?Yeah?I

Hey, Mike. Hey, Shelly.

Hi.

You think I can go see Leo?

Um, yeah, sure. Okay.

You know where it is?

Yeah. Down the street, right?

Uh-huh.

Okay. But just stay there.

I will come get you about 3.

Yeah. Later.

Later.

Klll me

Just klll me

Just klll, klll

Klll me now

Kill me, kill me

Oh, for crying out loud.

Rew, what the he are you doing?

Get down there. Coach!

Phil, shut that off.

Watch t, guys.

Everybody, watch this. Everybody, watch,

because none of you are doing it right.

Get your chest on him.

That's a little too much.

A litt e further back, coach.

Like this?

Uh... Good, right there.

Get your full weight up on your toes.

Put your full weight on him.

Like that. Cross-face, grab the ankle,

and drive right through.

Good.

What up, pancake?

Shut up, Chewbacca.

More like the Secret Apprentice.

What are you, 10?

Wookiees wouldn't survive on the-

Hey! Hey!

We are trying

to teach you something here!

And you are all screwing around.

Shut up!

VIG:

Quiet:

The last time that I checked, we haven't

won a sing e match. Right, coach?

It's embarrassing.

MIKE:
It's embarrassing!

I'm not getting paid enough to sit here

and jerk around. I don't know about you.

I'm not getting enough.

I care about what I do!

So does Coach Vig! And so should you:

Run them, coach. Run them.

I can't stand ooking

at these punks anymore.

VIG:

Let's go, ladies!

Here.

Have some more corn.

Thank you.

JACKIE:
I' get you some more milk too.

Thanks.

Mike, did you ca I Fenn about the tree?

Uh... Ahem.

Yeah. But I talked to Terry.

and I think the two of us can do this-

Oh, no, no, don't start.

You two are not cutting down that tree.

Just caI Fenn.

I'm gonna get her some Tylenol.

Do you wanna play croquet?

When?

When it's warm out.

Yeah. Maybe.

Coo.

Daddy, can I watch TV?

Yes, you can.

But just a half an hour, all right?

Hey, Mike.

Mm-hm.

You think I could practice

with you guys tomorrow?

Yeah, if you want. Sure.

All right, thanks.

By the way, what I did in there today,

yelling ike that, I don't usually do that.

That's okay. They deserved it.

I don't have wrestling shoes.

Don't worry about it. You wrestle before?

Yeah.

Take it easy, alright?

All right.

Come on, get an ankle! Get an ankle.

Vig, can I have a second here?

Thanks. Okay, guys...

...listen up. Kyle here's gonna be

working out with us for a little while. Okay?

What up, Kyle?

VIG:
Caros, you and Jimmy rotate him in.

You got 10 seconds to get an ankle,

then we switch it up.

He'll try to take you down first,

then switch. Take it easy.

VIG:

Okay, here we go.

Fahrenhelt 101

She got the long legs to prove it

VIG:

Switch it up. Here we go.

She's a triple-X movie just walking by

Lip gloss, high heels

I'm loslng my mind

She's coming at me like a wrecking ball

Man, it's cold.

You have fun?

Yeah.

When's the last time you wrestled?

Couple years ago.

Why'd you stop?

Just felt like it.

Oh.

Hey, let me ask you something, Kyle.

How good are you?

I'm pretty good.

Holy sh*t.

Holy sh*t.

Did you see it?

This is the kid? Kyle Timmons?

That's the kid.

Wow.

Yeah, right?

He finished second at the states in Ohio.

Ohio's tough, dude.

Says he had 17 pins his freshman year.

What is that?

I'm playing Wii Golf.

Oh. That's cool.

Yeah, I'm awesome.

What'd he do his sophomore year?

I don't know. I couldn't find anything.

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Thomas Joseph "Tom" McCarthy is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor who has appeared in several films, including Meet the Parents and Good Night, and Good Luck, and television series such ... more…

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